Bars

The Gibson

However, jazz lounge speakeasy The Gibson seeeems to have travelled from Belle Epoque Paris – via 1930s America – to modern-day London… making itself at home ever since.

The creation of master mixologists Marian Beke (formerly of nearby Nightjar) and Rusty Cerven (formerly of The Connaught Bar), The Gibson has an art deco-meets-Edwardian London exterior that sets the tone for the classic period look of the interior. Copper and steel mixing utensils sit upon the wood-panelled bar, ready and waiting for one of the skilled barkeeps to create one of nearly 50 cocktails available from the menu. Speaking of which…

THE COCKTAILS

The menu is a veritable snapshot into the past itself, with quotes from Hitchcock and Hemingway, excerpts from period guidebooks, historical tidbits, and even ‘a recipe for immortality’. Sadly, they don’t serve that particular drink. But happily, they do serve cocktails like;